Dinosaur: The Story Behind the Scenery

by Allen Hagood

Discover the remains of raptilian giants who lived 140 million years ago. Once buried a mile deep in the earth's crust, these fossils are relics of the fascinating Age of Dinosaurs. Each book in The Story Behind the Scenery series tells a compelling story through the eyes of an experienced interpreter whose writing reflects true enthusiasm for the park. Complete with running text and interpretive captions, accompanied by abundant full-color photographs, these books will be welcome in any home library. Dinosaur National Monument , located in northwestern Colorado and eastern Utah, was first set aside in 1915 to preserve the fossil remains of dinosaurs and other ancient animals. 48pp., 57 color and 1 historic photos, 8 illustrations, map.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Science

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1981

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dinosaur ~ The Story Behind the Scenery, by Allen Hagwood & Linda West, authors is a book full of fantastic photos by Jeff Gnass of Dinosaur National Monument. We have visited this Monument many times, rafted both the Yampa and Green Rivers through the Monument, attended talks by archologists working at the site. The building that covers the largest display of dinosaur bones in the world that are exposed with archologists working to uncover more bones each time we visited.

The dinosaur exhibits is just a small part of the Monument, pictographs are dated back to between 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. Plus early settlers in the early 1900s homesteads are preserved for visits.

The layers along the both rivers with uplifts and unique features are wonderful and unique to the area. The book features excellent pictures of everything and a detailed text to inform of everything unique to the Monument.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Exactly what one would expect from the title.

[Jim Blessing · Rating 2 out of 5]

I visited this National Park site on a recent visit. This guideline was decent, but a mite boring.